Australia’s “extraordinary” new hacking powers for law enforcement authorities represent the next step in the “explosion of the surveillance state”, according to a leading digital rights advocate, with backlash against the recently passed legislation gaining pace. A petition calling on the government to repeal the Identify and Disrupt bill, which hands sweeping new hacking powers…

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